Supporting bracket for blinds and the like



March 26, 1935. ss 1,995,983.

SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR BLINRS AND THE LIKE- Filed April 3, 195a 2 Sheets-Sheet'l March 26, 1935. c, J, HESSE 1,995,983

SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR BLINDS AND THE LIKE Filed April 5, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 operative positions.

Patented Mar. 26, 1935 SUPPORTING IBR'A'CKETVFOR BLINDS'AND' v 1 THE LIKE t Charles Joseph Hesse, Foots cramyictorim V i 1 Australia Application April 3, 193a, Serial No. 664,280 1 In Australia Apri1'14, 193,2

This invention relates to improvements. in' and connected with supporting brackets for blinds and the like and has been devised particularly for outwardly and downwardly inclined sun blinds such as those usedin small sizes for'the windows; of sedan automobiles and in larger sizes above windows, porches andv the like, of buildings} The invention broadly consists in attaching a 'portion'of a 'blind or thelilge to a pivotedmemf her and in'providing the-pivotal support'for the member with non-circular interlocking members which may be engaged at one for more predetermined'positions to prevent relatitve movement therebetween, and retain-the said pivoted member in adjusted positions corresponding thereto.

, In one form of the invention, the pivoted memr V ber for the blind is provided with a pivot pin hav ng, a relatively narrow tongue which is mounted in'a bearing having one or more substantially radial slots adaptedto aecommodate the said tongue of the pivot pin atithe said predetermined locking positions whereby the blind will be firmly supported in snch operative positions. 7

'The engagement between the interlocking the tension exerted on the blind by the "roller tends to aut matically lock the arms inwtheir Itwill be understood'tha t the interlocking me e ima esc a ran t t he suppers ing arms maybe securely retained in one or more alternative positions.

In the drawings whichvillustrate preferred" forms of the'invention by way of examplepg "Figured is a view in perspective showing .a blind support constructed in accordance withthef present invention and fitted to the window igbuilding." I c V Figure 2 is a detail View to a larger scaleshow ing one of the pivoted arms and a bea'ring bracket therefor. U h i V Figure 3 is-a viewsimilar to EigureZ showing the pivoted ar-m locked in an operative position.

device fitted to 'n e atlv into the: slots17i of I I T h t tee-6 fihes ve P19??? at P r erahly ro nded to 1mm wthe c rv reef of the pivot blocks 18 to retain thearms securely Figure 41s a'view i'n endelevation of the bearing bracket shownin'Figurefi. 5 Figure 5 is a viewin planof'the' supporting bearing bracketoi somewhat modified--for mi I Figure 7 is a view in perspective showi g the the window opening? of anfa te mobile. Figure '8 isa view of thearrangement shown' iniFiguref'i; E

Figure 9 is a view 'n perspecti je of-thepiv-f 0W1 sup o ti ram h ilfi' 'i '7 1 3.

Figures 10 to 13 are detail views showing 'fiiodig, fications of the invention and, hereinaf ter umesbed, T *i'. 1,.

Referring 'to l -igures lfto 5 of 'the drawings, the reference numeral 10' designites 5 Blind O ivs t le const ei ep e e ii ie i means (not shown) for normally maintainin blind 11 a wound condition therebpg v I T fr e m of th bl d 11 y fifi w t rod 12 formed of ,any material and rigidlyfo et vei o ct d at senq lw he. rei nds of a pair of pivotedarms 13 mounted inbe r ets .4. cu in h r c e el n fit oppgsite sides of a window opening l5, The bearing brackets 14 re each'pro' a pair,

a cirqula be n opening 1 6 hav n a n l w d s osed rea ses c mm tes l l s the e it nn r, n s. of th arms 1 and h 'bl ck of s nt al y" re t u a s ape s tion asclearly shown-infligmfe' B of thedraw; I ings where it will be noted that the width the bloclgsjls is such as to en bleithemto ass I t an the bearings l6 and the iaces-v19 remote romthe inner ends of the arms may. be somewhat wider;

than the slots 17 in order to increase .the .bear&; "45:

ing surface and to prevent those ends fro'mleni-g tering the s aid slots;

wKeep'er plates 20 are fitted'to theouter TQCBSFI in position on the bearing brackets It will be clearly understood from an inspeci tion of Figures 1 n '2 that whenlthe blind i1 j is not 11; use, weari 1s p o ect vernea11y up wards from" the bearing bliacliets and .that the transverse rod 12 at the lowerend of the blind Figure 6 is a'view' inside elevation showing a 5 -3 insectipnaljsidel elevat' v 10 11 disposed substantially in contact with theportion ofthe blind Wound on the roller 10.

i in the bearing brackets.

when it is desired to use the ,blind the lat-' 7 teris pulleddownwards and outwards so that tion of the spring therein,

itis unwound fromjthe roller 10 against the ac- 7 Owing. to the fact that'a com on nt of tension 7 exerted by the'blind 11 is directed along the arms 7 13, the pivot block 18 tends to automaticallyen- 'ing further angular movement of the said arms.

The tendency of, the pivotblockto enter the ter this slot 17 as shown in Figure 3, thus preventslot 17 is ordinarily increased by the pull ex -lerted manually on the rod 12 in order toune that the blind may be'pulled' right down to'cover wind said blind from the roller10. V .In order torestorethe blind to itsinoperative or raised position, -it ;is;merely necessary f to ex:

ert an outward pressureon the transverse rod 12 thus moving; the arms 13 outwards so that J h ivq mem e v a e urne t l e cu a rin o en n after which, up -re a ing v h id tr v ls irod h ndi utomat all i 'rewound on the roller '10. v

The. ilind 11 may similarly be moved into retainedj inr the j position shown in broken lines in Figure 1 and in thi r position the pivot blocks;

'18 are accommodated ,inthe'upper slots 17in therbearing brackets 14,, It-will be clear that the tension, of: theilblind, 11 assists in retaining the pivot blocks in engagement with these ;upper slots'and' also that, in order to lowerthe arms- 13 into theposition corresponding thereto, it'is if '1 posedat-an angle to the vertical, as shown in, 45"; H V {,sdrhewhat from the window,thus facilitating v *sbf V v arms 13' maybe retained in corresponding po-.,

position. i

rectangular shape at. the ends thereof. j 75.

i ventilation;

necessary to exert an outward pressure on the V saidarms whenfthey'are disposedin positions at 40 bearing bracketsi r v 'It may be re arkedthat, by causing the arms 13, whenin their lowermostpositions, tobe dis-.

which they align with the lower 1 slots 17 in the Figure figishows a l modified arrangement bearing bracket which is provided with a horii zontaland "with a vertical slot :17 so that thes'itions i. e." with the blind inclining downwards iapproxin ately atan angle of or'disposed V approkimatelyparallel with the window op ningv 515 2:

It 'willbe understood, however, that the slots 1'! Vin thejbearin'g brackets may ,be arranged at various' an gles tolsuit different purposesand that H more than two of such slots may be provided f when itmaybe desired tolretain the blindll in V V V l intermediate'positions. a I ",It'will benoted in Figure fi that the flange-of the bracket is slotted in alignment with the horizontal slot 17 in orderto receive-and support the inner ends of the pivoted arm 13 .and keeper arm is locked in its horizontal i applied to the blind by suitablemeans;

plate 20* when the Figures 1 to 9 illustrate theinvention'Qs-applied to amotor vehicle it will be noted that, in this construction, thearms'13, are'formed in+ tegrally-with the transverse rod 12 thus provid,- ing a,;1ightmetal frame of inverted U shape hav ing' integral outwardly turned trunnions 18 ;o1,

. Bearing plates '21 provided with openings of keyhole-shape are -.fitted to bothsidesjof the wayj'and that, when that 'position, the blind 'does' not obstruct the vision. 'of the occupants of other, as clearly shown injFigure 12.5;

.10 at an'ang1e to the horizontal-and that, i1;de;-x V sired, theblind window opening 15 vto receive the trunnions-18 which are adapted to be sprung intoposition. The slots 17 in the bearing plates are disposed horizontally, as shown in, the drawings, whereby the arms 13 and blind 11 maybe automatically sf retained in the position'shown' in Figure '7, al-,., though, if desired, further-slots may beprovided for retaining the blind inotherpositions. e]

In lieu'of providingseparate bearing plates 21, the bearing openings .foi the trunnions 18. may

dowJframes. 3 e 5 i Itiwill, beapparent that, when theblind is not in use, the window 22 may-beclosed'in the, usual the vehicle. I 1 If desired; the arms 13' maybe swung inwards into the vehicle as wellas outwards, in-Iorder' h fw ndow open ab slotsgll'l b in lprp-,

ided t loc the arms-in such dpwnwardly 18 and the slots 1'7, that-the tension exertedbyg;

the blind 11 willtend to :causefthe; pivotblockto 5 enter a slot l'l whenisameare;in alignmentjtfis possible to arrange said slots in diiferent posi tions, such for example asthat shown in .Fig-;

, ,In this construction, it is necessiaryto pull the blind or thearms -13; outwards in order -to;cause the'pijvot block to enter the slots 17,;the Irictional resistance of said pivot block being- ;suiiicient to. retain it in that position, Figure 12 shows astill furtherlmodified form ct 1 the invention wherein the ipivot block is substantially' square in cross 1 section and formed with rounded edges to conform to the curvature oi z the bearing opening 115,33 means pfythis arrangement, one slot,17 will serveffto; lock the 1 arms 13 int'wo positions ar ghtan ies q Figure 13 shows a further modifieationiwhere in the pivot bloek 18 is fiiied to the window structure and the bearing slot'is iorined -in tn i inner'j endof the-arm 13.,

, It will he .clear that, in certain cases it may e; found adva t eo to. m n h b i d ails?- 11 may extend upwardly-ifrom; theroller; 2 l

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1, In supporting means forblindsiand th like, a blind roller providedflwith resilient; means iorautomaticallywinding arblindthereoni apa r 10 "be formed in theadjacent portions of thewin I a Roller blind, mechenisni,ceng gQQ Q v 5 i set forth, when fitted to automobiles} doessnot,

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having one or more radial slots communicating with the bearing openings therein and of corresponding width to said pivot pins and said bearing corresponding in diameter to the width of the said substantially rectangular pivot pins.

2. In supporting means for blinds and the like according to claim 1, an enlarged edge on each of the pivot pins of greaterwidth than the said slots in the bearings thus preventing said edge from entering the said slots.

3. In supporting means for blinds and the like, a pivoted arm having a blind connected to the free end thereof, a laterally extending pivotpin of substantially rectangular cross section at the opposite end of the pivot arm, said pivot pins being received in a bearing corresponding in diameter to the width of the rectangular pivot pin and being provided with one or more radially disposed slots corresponding in width to the thickness of said pivot pin, and a keeper plate fitted to the free end of the pivot pin whereby the said bearing is-disposed between the keeper plate and the pivoted arm. 7 ,7 g

4. Supporting means for blindsand the like according to claim 12, wherein the pivoted. arms and the connecting cross 'member are. formed integrally. 1 I

5. Supporting means for blinds and the like according to claim 12 wherein the tension exerted by the blind tends to lock the supporting arms in theiroperativepositions. I

6. Supporting means for, blinds and the like according to claim 1 wherein the bearings for the pivot pins are each provided with a pairof radial slots disposed approximately at right angles to each other. Y

7. Supporting means for blinds and the like according to claim 11 wherein the pivot pin is of substantially rectangular shape in cross section and is disposed longitudinally of the pivoted arm and each slot in the bearing also extends longitudinally of said arm, when the latter is disposed in its operative position with respect thereto.

.stantially square in cross'section.

8. Supporting means for blindsor the like according, to claim 11 wherein the pivot pin is of substantially rectangular shapein cross section and is disposed obliquely with respect to the axis of the pivoted arm.

l 9. Supporting means fora blind or the likejaccording to claim ll-wherein the pivot pin is sub- 10. In supporting means for blindsand the i like, a blind roller provided with resilient means, for automatically winding a blind thereon, an,

inverted U -shaped bracket pivotally mounted ade jacent to the roller and having thefree end of the blind fitted'thereto, trunnions of approxi-v mately rectangular shape in cross section on the U-shaped bracket, and bearingsfor the trun-v nions corresponding in diameter to thegreatest width or" the trunnions and having rectangular slots communicating therewith and -correspond-' ing in width to the thickness of said trunnions.

11. In supporting means for blinds and the like, a pivoted arm connected to a blind, a sup-, I

port for the pivoted arm and a pivotal connection between the arm and support and comprising a non-circular pivot pin having an opposed pair of substantially straight and substantially parallel sides, said pivot pin being adapted to engage a bearing opening corresponding in diameter to the greatest width of the pivot pin and said bearing opening having one or more substantially;

radial slots communicating therewith,'said slots being adapted to be engaged by the pivot pin in order to lock the pivoted arm in position corresponding thereto. g j

12. In supporting means for blinds and the like a pair of spaced and aligned arms, a cross member connecting outer portions of said arms, a I

blind'connected to said cross member, non-circular pivot pins on the arms, fixed bearing mem bers having circular bearing openings correspending in diameter to the greatest width of the pivot pins and slots extending substantially radially from 'the bearing openings and come munic'ating therewith, said pivot pins being adapted for'lateral displacement whereby they will extend'into said slots'and lock the pivoted arms in position corresponding thereto.

CHARLES JOSEPH HESSE; 

